Gary Johnson's prospects, cont'd.

6/20/12 12:50 AM EDT

I reached out to Richard Winger, the editor of Ballot Access News and an expert on election law and third party politics, on Tuesday to find out little more on Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson’s prospects in the Mountain West.

Winger explained that the party is already ballot-qualified in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico.

“The Libertarian Party has the same status as the major parties, in the sense that all any qualified party needs to do to be on for President is to notify the state of the party's official nominees for president, vice-president, and presidential elector,” he wrote in an email. “The deadlines for doing that are no earlier (in any state) than September 6. Democrats can't do it before September 6 because that is the day they nominate their national ticket in Charlotte.”